Overview

The 2010 Korean Air OSL Season 2 (Hangul: 대한항공 스타리그 시즌2) was held from June through September 2010. This was the second of two OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) sponsored by Korean Air this year, reminiscent of the consecutive sponsorship of Shinhan Bank in 2006.

The finals between Flash and Jaedong were played in Shanghai, China at the bottom of the Oriental Pearl Tower. This would be the first time an OSL championship was held outside South Korea.[1]

Royal Roaders

Format

Offline Preliminaries

24 groups of between seven to eight players played off in elimination brackets until a single player from each group advanced to the Ro36.

Ro36

24 players from the offline prelims and 12 players eliminated from the previous OSL were placed into 12 groups. Each group was composed of two players from the prelims and one player seeded from the previous OSL. The former were matched, and the winner met the seeded player for a chance to qualify to the Ro16.

Ro16

12 players from the previous round joined the four players seeded from the previous OSL and were placed into four groups. Round robin group play where the top two advanced to the single-elimination and the last two were eliminated and going to the next ODT.